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1. The accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities
   "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"
    
2. The content of direct observation or participation in an event
   "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"
    
3. An event as apprehended
   "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"

1. Go or live through
   - see, go through
    
2. Have firsthand knowledge of states, situations, emotions, or sensations
   - know, live
    
3. Go through (mental or physical states or experiences)
   "experience vertigo"
   - receive, have, get
    
4. Undergo an emotional sensation or be in a particular state of mind
   - feel
    
5. Undergo
   - have

Derived forms: experienced, experiencing, experiences

See also: experient, experiential

Type of: change, cognitive content, content, education, happening, mental object, natural event, occurrence, occurrent, undergo

Antonym: inexperience

Encyclopedia: Experience